The Inspiring Women Who Founded Hadassah Hospital

The history of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization and how they started hospitals, medical schools and infant care centers in Israel. Learn about Henrietta Szold, whose trip to Israel revealed the shockingly limited medical facilities. She went on to spearhead countless projects such as creating the first nursing school in Israel and youth villages for war refugees.Bertha Landsman founded Tipat Halav, which began delivering milk on donkeys and today serves new parents and babies throughout the country.Alice Seligsberg was a pioneering social worker who served as Hadassah’s president, helped orphans and was the inspiration for Hadassah’s vocational schools.Hear rare audio of Henrietta Szold and the story behind the women who dedicated their lives improving health. Hadassah was founded on Purim and named for Queen Esther.NOTES:* Video of Henrietta Szold speech on Youth Aliyah* It Takes a Dream: The Story of Hadassah* Bertha Landsman biography* Alice Seligsberg biography* Thousands Honor Miss Szold at New York Gathering - Jewish Independent, 1923* Hadassah Opens 21st Welfare Station in Palestine - JTA, 1929* Founding of Hadassah: The Women's Zionist Organization of America* Jewish American Heritage Month: Hadassah Milestones* If I Forget Thee Hadassah (video)* A New Year’s Card From Israel - 1966 Hadassah film* Jerusalem Committee Formed for Straus Non-sectarian Health Center - JTA, 1926* Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization Opens Convention - JTA, 1926* Hadassah’s Progress Shown at Convention - JTA, 1923 Get full access to Jewish History Moment podcast with Ben Bresky at benbresky.substack.com/subscribe